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The Need for a New Medical Model: A Challenge for Biomedicine

Published in Science • Apr 8, 1977
Authors:
George L. Engel

Abstract

The dominant model of disease today is biomedical, and it leaves no room within its framework for the social, psychological, and behavioral dimensions of illness. A biopsychosocial model is proposed that provides a blueprint for research, a framework for teaching, and a design for action in the real...

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